Beyond the Needle: Ep19 Long COVID - Part 2 of 2, A Pulmonologist’s Long COVID Journey

Faculty Host(s): Dr. Stephanie LaBedz, a pulmonary and critical care physician at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Dr. Christina Wells, a family physician also with UIC. In part two of this series, Dr. Stephanie LaBedz, a pulmonary and critical care physician at the University of Illinois at Chicago, joins Dr. Christina Wells, a family physician, also with UIC, to discuss her experience with long COVID. She shares how it has helped in her approach to patients suffering from long COVID. They talk about what family physicians should understand about long COVID. Topics Include: - Her symptoms, and others, associated with long COVID - Ways to treat patients in the absence of an overriding long COVID treatment - Suggestions for family physicians treating patients who may be presenting with symptoms suggestive of long COVID Objectives: - Identify how long COVID may present in patients - Understand what an “energy envelope” is and its importance in treating patients with long COVID - Recognize the distress long COVID patients may experience - Determine the best ways to assist your patients in their recovery Your comments are very important to us. Please provide our feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/episode_19 Additional information can be found at: https://www.illinoisvaccinates.com/long-covid-part-2/ Earn CME Credits for this episode: www.illinoisvaccinates.com/podcasts/